15.11.2012 [4-traders] - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party wants the European Central Bank to limit purchases of sovereign bonds of highly indebted euro-zone member states, the Financial Times Deutschland reports, citing the draft of a paper to

01.11.2012 [Irish Independent] - GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a veiled reprimand on Thursday to Britain and France for threatening to veto a deal on the European Union's long-term budget, saying such talk did not help the tense negotiations. Merkel said it was normal in

25.11.2012 [Financial Times] - François Hollande, the French president, and Angela Merkel, German chancellor, were determined to put a brave face on the failure of last week's European summit to agree on a €1tn seven-year budget deal for the EU. It was not a disaster. On that much

23.11.2012 [BBC News] - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she doubts an agreement can be reached on the European Union's next budget at the summit taking place in Brussels. She spoke after negotiations on the 2014-2020 budget were adjourned until midday on Friday

23.11.2012 [The Voice of Russia] - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are pleased with results of the negotiations conducted during the recent European Union Summit. In their view, the European Council President Herman Van Rompuy made the right

21.11.2012 [The West Australian] - Merkel issues warning on EU spending plan. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the European Union will need to hold a new summit on its budget in early 2013 if the bloc's leaders fail to agree this week on a 2014-2020 spending plan. "I don't know if